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Sep
15
Written by:
Bill Bonfanti
9/15/2008 1:07 PM
The Coen brothers scored the largest debut of their career and had their first ever number 1 opening this weekend with Burn After Reading, which grossed $19.4M. Tyler Perry’s latest offering The Family That Preys finished second with a very nice $18M and Righteous Kill starring De Niro and Pacino grossed a respectable $16.5M. The Coen brothers scored the largest debut of their career and had their first ever number 1 opening this weekend with Burn After Reading, which grossed $19.4M. Tyler Perry’s latest offering The Family That Preys finished second with a very nice $18M and Righteous Kill starring De Niro and Pacino grossed a respectable $16.5M. To see how the rest of the top 10 played out, see the chart below.
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RANK
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TITLE
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SEPTEMBER 12-14
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SEPTEMBER 5-7
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% CHANGE
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# OF THEATRES
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# OF WEEKS
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TOTAL
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BILL SAID
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1
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Burn After Reading
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$19.4M
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N/A
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N/A
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2651
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1
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$19.4M
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$15M
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2
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The Family That Preys
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$18M
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N/A
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N/A
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2070
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1
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$18M
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$16M
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3
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Righteous Kill
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$16.5M
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N/A
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N/A
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3152
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1
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$16.5M
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$17M
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4
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The Women
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$10M
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N/A
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N/A
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2962
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1
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$10M
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$9M
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5
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The House Bunny
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$4.3M
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$5.5M
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-22%
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2763
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4
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$42.1M
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$3.3M
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6
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Tropic Thunder
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$4.2M
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$7.2M
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-42%
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2927
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5
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$102.9M
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$4.5M
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7
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The Dark Knight
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$4M
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$5.5M
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-27%
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2191
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9
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$517.6M
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$3.5M
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8
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Bangkok Dangerous
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$2.4M
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$7.7M
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-69%
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2650
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2
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$12.5M
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$3.4M
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9
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Traitor
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$2.1M
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$4.2M
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-50%
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2014
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3
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$20.7M
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$2.4M
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10
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Death Race
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$2M
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$3.7M
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-46%
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2007
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4
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$33.1M
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N/A
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